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Sky News appeals loss to Isentia in case of ‘wholesale copying’
Intellectual Property 2024-05-15 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sky News has taken its fight with Isentia to the Full Federal Court, after a judge found the the media monitor was not liable for copyright infringement despite the “wholesale copying” of content distributed to government clients.

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IPH moves to swallow up IP services rival QANTM with $265M offer
Corporate 2024-05-08 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IP services giant IPH Limited, which owns IP boutiques Spruson & Ferguson and Griffith Hack, has made an offer worth $265 million to acquire its rival QANTM Limited, after failing to woo its main competitor with a takeover bid in 2018.

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Personal injury firm succeeds in trade mark stoush against rival
Intellectual Property 2024-05-08 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

Melbourne personal injury firm Law Partners Compensation Lawyers has successfully opposed a small Queensland firm’s registration of the name ‘Australian Law Partners’, with IP Australia saying ALP’s claim to distinctiveness was “not compelling.” 

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Instagram resolves trade mark feud with data app Instagoods
Intellectual Property 2024-05-07 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Instagram has resolved a long-running intellectual property stoush with an Australian dating app over its use of the ‘Instagoods’ and ‘Instadate’ marks.

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7-Eleven defeats Seven Network’s opposition to ‘7-Select’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-05-03 11:51 pm By Andy Sidler

Convenience chain 7-Eleven has defeated Seven Network’s challenge to its bid to trade mark ‘7-Select’ for a new brand of products targeting younger shoppers, with an IP Australia delegate finding consumer confusion was not likely.

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Aristocrat claims rival may have misused Lightning Link, Dragon Link trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2024-05-01 11:48 pm By Andy Sidler

Casino gaming giant Aristocrat may sue competitor Light & Wonder and two former employees who jumped ship for allegedly misusing confidential information about its popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games to develop a competing product.

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Funder hit with costs of failed IP case over parking detection patent
Intellectual Property 2024-05-01 3:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The litigation funder that bankrolled a patent infringement case by a vehicle monitoring systems manufacturer is on the hook for legal costs after technology company SARB succeeded in appealing a finding that it infringed the IP for a parking detection system used by the City of Melbourne. 

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Australian cattle groups accused of infringing bovine gene patent
Intellectual Property 2024-04-29 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A US-based animal genomics company has taken Australia’s leading livestock and dairy groups to court, alleging they have infringed its patent for a system for conducting genetic testing on beef and dairy cattle by doing genetic testing without a licence.

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Media monitor Isentia wins copyright fight with Sky News despite ‘wholesale copying’
Intellectual Property 2024-04-26 2:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ruled that media monitor Isentia did not infringe the copyright of Sky News, despite the “wholesale copying” of content for its government clients, because its actions were done for the “services of the Commonwealth or State”.

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After 7 years of litigation, patent for blockbuster sleep drug Circadin found valid
Intellectual Property 2024-04-18 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

After a seven-year legal battle, a court has upheld the validity of Neurim Pharmaceutical’s patent for insomnia drug Circadin and ruled two generic drug companies infringed the intellectual property.

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